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MLA West Midlands: the regional council of museums, libraries and archives. |
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Floor 2, Grosvenor House,
14 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, B2 5RS.
Tel: 0121 631 5800.
Fax: 0121 631 5825.
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Email: info@mlawestmidlands.org.uk
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MLA: Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Victoria House,
Southampton Row,
London WC1B 4EA,
Tel: 020 7273 1444
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Email info@mla.gov.uk
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www.mla.gov.uk
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| West Midlands Museums | |
- There are 214 museum in the region (73 local authority; 92 independent; 18 National Trust; 10 Regimental; 6 University; 5 English Heritage; 1 National; 7 company; 2 private).There is one mobile museum.
- 6 museum services are responsible for 21 outstanding Designated Collections
- Museums hold 287 special collections.
- There are 5,571,723 objects within museum collections and an additional 1,468,102 archive objects within museums(grand total of 7,039,825).
- The West Midlands museum Hub is led by Birmingham and also comprises Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Ironbridge and Coventry.
- Registered museums employ c2,500 staff and have the support of c3,500 volunteers.
- In 2003 museums in the West Midlands attracted 5.6 million visits.
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